QuantumReady ConsultingAustralian Post-Quantum Cryptography Readiness
Discovery, analysis, prioritisation and transition planning for organisations that need a practical view of their post-quantum cryptography exposure.
Quantum computing poses a direct threat to widely used encryption standards that protect enterprise systems, customer data, communications and digital transactions. QuantumReady Consulting helps Australian organisations identify cryptographic exposure, assess quantum cyber risk and develop practical transition plans towards post-quantum cryptography and quantum-safe encryption.
We help Australian organisations understand where traditional asymmetric cryptography is used today, what sensitive data it protects and which parts of the estate are most exposed. That gives leaders a clearer view of risk, sequencing and investment before a larger transition programme begins.
Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) recommended target milestones for becoming post-quantum cryptography safe:
202620282030
Quantum computers have the potential to break through and expose company and customer data protected by nearly all commonly used forms of traditional asymmetric encryption. This reaches across data at rest and data in transit, including storage, network traffic, Wi-Fi, end user devices, databases, APIs, certificates and system-to-system communications.
This is not a what-if scenario, it is a when scenario. The scale of the coming change is comparable to the Year 2000 issue, except this time it is centred on cryptography, trust and the long-term confidentiality of sensitive data. It is no longer only a topic for CISOs and cyber teams. Anyone responsible for company data, customer data, data security, regulatory exposure or reputational damage from a breach should care about it now.
The risk is not only future decryption capability. It is the current need to find where traditional asymmetric cryptography already exists, understand what it protects, and work out how long a safe transition to quantum-safe encryption will take.
Sensitive data stolen today may still be valuable in the future, particularly where confidentiality needs to hold for many years.
Cryptography sits in certificates, libraries, APIs, cloud services, hardware, partner integrations and vendor products that are rarely tracked end to end.
Large organisations need time to assess risk, sequence change, coordinate vendors and transition without breaking critical services.
These questions help explain why quantum readiness, cryptographic discovery and post-quantum transition planning are now becoming enterprise priorities.
Post-quantum cryptography refers to cryptographic algorithms designed to remain secure against future quantum computing attacks.
Timelines vary, but organisations are preparing now because attackers may already be stealing encrypted data today with the intent to decrypt it later.
Quantum readiness is the process of identifying where vulnerable cryptography is used, assessing risk, prioritising remediation and planning a transition to quantum-safe encryption.
Without a cryptographic inventory, you cannot see where traditional asymmetric encryption is used, which systems are exposed and what should be prioritised first.
